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Huron student featured in inspirational skiing video

January 8, 2016 AAPS News Editor

By Jo Mathis/AAPS District News Austin Shepherd, a sophomore at Huron High School, is featured in a new youtube video skiing the mountains in Telluride, Colorado. Austin, has participated in all sorts of outdoor […]

Skyline High School students take field trips without leaving the building

January 8, 2016 AAPS News Editor

“They’ve got everything from under sea to outer space to career explorations. There are probably 10 to 15 career explorations that they can take the kids on as well as sites all over the world. It’s incredibly immersive,” says Instructional technology teacher Peter Pasque.

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Pathways Principal Tyrone Weeks: `Students know I genuinely care’

January 6, 2016 AAPS News Editor

Story and photos by Jo Mathis AAPS District News Editor When Tyrone Weeks was growing up on Detroit’s historic North End, his house was unique to others in his neighborhood because his father lived there. […]

World’s first high school planetarium still awes AAPS students

December 22, 2015 AAPS News Editor

Story and photos by Jo Mathis AAPS District News When the Argus Planetarium was installed in the new Ann Arbor High School in 1956, it was the first high school planetarium in the country. Since […]

Community High School announces 2016 parent/student orientations; application deadline

December 17, 2015 AAPS News Editor

Five parent and student orientation sessions have been announced for families interested in applying for Community High School’s freshmen slots for school year 2016-2017. The sessions, beginning January 4, 2016, will be held at Community High, […]

John Birko, Ann Arbor Student Building and Industry Program teacher

December 14, 2015 AAPS News Editor

John Birko, Ann Arbor Student Building and Industry Program teacher, was recognized last month as Builder of the Year for the Builder and Remodelers Association of Greater Ann Arbor. Birko is in his thirtieth year […]

Pathways students visit Cornman Farms to kick-off Zingerman’s partnership

November 25, 2015 AAPS News Editor

“Every single day I learn something new at the farm every two to three hours,” Zingerman’s Cornman Farms chef and managing partner Kieron Hales told Pathways students to explain the importance of lifelong learning.

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Pioneer to honor beloved teacher/coach on Saturday

November 19, 2015 AAPS News Editor

By Jo Mathis AAPS District News Editor Pioneer High School basketball player Laura Stroud feels a bit sorry for the girls who play on the team years from now. They may work hard, have fun, […]

Community High dean wins National Educators Award

November 18, 2015 AAPS News Editor

Youth For Understanding USA (YFU), a global leader in nonprofit educational exchanges, recently presented Dean Marci Tuzinsky of Community High School with its inaugural Award for Education and Innovation at its annual fundraising gala in […]

Community Ensemble Theatre to perform “Too Much Light Makes the Baby Go Blind” Nov. 12-15

November 10, 2015 AAPS News Editor

Community Ensemble Theatre director Quinn Strassel and his students have accepted the challenge of staging an experimental play-of-many-plays, the award winning “Too Much Light Makes the Baby Go Blind.” Their production of Chicago’s longest-running show […]